Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
marathon; long-distance race
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
sacred fire; sacred flame; Olympic flame; Olympic torch
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
festival; feast; carnival
that; the matter in question
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
how many months?; how long?
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)